Stress cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or acute neurocardiogenic heart failure syndrome?

Authors F Mookadam Banner–University Medicine Heart Institute S Unzek Banner–University Medicine Heart Institute E Turton University of the Free State Keywords: stress cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Abstract

Since its first description in Japan in 1990, Takotsubo syndrome, or stress cardiomyopathy (sCMO), goes by many monikers.1 The sCMO syndrome is characterised by a form of acute reversible myocardial injury characterised by transient regional systolic left ventricular  (LV) dysfunction in a non-coronary distribution.2 The current definition is that of a clinical syndrome characterised by i) an acute and transient (< 21 days) LV dysfunction that ii) may be related to an emotional or physical stressful event, and iii) the presence of LV regional wall motion abnormalities extending beyond a single coronary artery distribution. This syndrome is now recognised with increasing frequency, with a prevalence of 1–2% of patients presenting with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS).2,3

Author Biographies F Mookadam, Banner–University Medicine Heart Institute

Banner-University Medicine Heart Institute, United States of America

S Unzek, Banner–University Medicine Heart Institute

Banner-University Medicine Heart Institute, United States of America

E Turton, University of the Free State

Department of Anaesthesiology, University of the Free State, South Africa

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